Ant Architecture

Besides exhibiting amazing colors, unique patterns and behaviors, insects are also pretty amazing artists. Many have already witnessed the beauty of a spider web or the geometry of a honeybee honeycomb, but nature still offers many hidden crafts waiting to be discovered. Fellow ant reseracher Walter Tschinkel figured out a way to expose the amazing artistic skills of the ant. On a personal note, I was very fortunate to have hung out with Walter on a 10-day ant class in Arizona and he is an incredible and very funny person. One of these ant nests is on display at the California Academy of Sciences.

Here is a video from CBS news on Walter and his process.


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